By Dr Yeoh SM aka Maverick
Thursday, June 26, 2008

 

 

Selective Color Blindness
 

Deputy Home Minister Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said the government was color-blind when it came to recruiting police officers into the police force.

In response to a supplementary question by Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong), he said the force recruited new personnel based on their qualifications and regardless of their skin colour.

Remember Ford Motor famous quote:

“You can have any color you want for your car as long as it is black.” –  Henry Ford

RM544 mil Petronas-owned hospital under spotlight

The government has defended its decision to build the RM544 million five-star Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC) in Kuala Lumpur through state-owned oil company Petronas.

Responding to Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) during the oral question session today, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Amirsham A Aziz said the hospital was part of the effort to promote health tourism in the country.

“The involvement of Petronas in the health services especially in the setting up of PCMC was made after taking into account its commercial returns from this investment,” said Amirsham.

 

 

 

Cognitive disorder

Remember what Petronas said sometime ago? That Petronas will not invest monies on projects unrelated to oil and gas such as the 2nd Penang Bridge project? Suka-suka management!

Monthly landscaping costs for Putrajaya: RM1.5 million

Federal Territories Minister Zulhasnan Rafique said the government spends RM1.5 million every month to maintain Putrajaya’s landscaping.

In a written reply to a question from Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Bukit Bendera), Zulhasnan said the RM18 million paid annually goes to 29 landscaping contractors.

How much does these 29 landscape contractors have to pay from each of these contracts? How much was the top-up sum?